Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-11
SHIP ASHORE.
GREW sArE-EYFoRrs TO SAVE THE
VESSEL
Incsndiary Fires in BerSley--Horrioie
Condition Of an Almshouse-
Personsi.
rc,rro.nona.rcc Of INC Richmond Dlspatch.l

tcorrespoudence Of The Richmond Dlspatch.l
NoRroIK. November 10, 1887.
Inst night about . o'clock the Amen-
can sailing ship Macouley, bound from
Hamburg 10 Baltimore, went ashore Mt
Cape Henry, near the lite-saving station,
caused by thick fog and miscalculation
of the coast The crew are oil safe and
on board OF the ship; tho wind and sea
are light, and every effort will he made
20 save the ship and cargo. The lie
,avino crew are on board the ship. The
Macauley is loaded with kainit, and the
shin is about one thousand and thirty
tons register.
The wrecking steamer Victoria Ped
succeeded this afternoon in hauling oil
the chip Mocauley, ashore at Cape
Henry, and will tow her to this city.
Incendiarism prevails to an alarming
extent in Norfolk county, and nearly
every fire that has occurred OF late
seems TO have been of incondiary origin.
The La Forme row consumed in Berkeley
yesterday was set on fire three times be-
fore it was destroyed. Some very yalua
bic md handsome property has fallen
by the torch of the iucendiary in that
town within the last year, and the fire.
quency OF fires is getting to nc serious
matter for that thriving community.
The Board Of Supervisors will be ap-
pealed to to offer large reward.
For several years the almshouse OF
Norfolk county has been under the con-
troll of Republican politicians, and
both the superintendent Of the poor
of the county and the keeper OF the
almshouse have been negroes. As a
consequence the management has been
miserable and the condition OF the in
mates wretched III the extreme, many of
whom are whites A few days ago
Judge Parker turned ont the darkey
superintendent and appointed Mr.. Jo-
seph Il. DIXIE, who reports to the Board
Of Supervisors that the building Is tum-
bling down and unfit for occupancy,
the rooms filthy, and the inmates ragged
and dirty, without even soap to keep
themselves Gle II, many without shoes to
wear, and ali without blankets or other
comforts in the sleeping rooms. Mr.
Duke says the Institution IS the poorest
and the most miserable he ever saw IN
all his life. The supervisors have APP
pointed n committee of Investigation.
The canvass Of the vote o. Norfolk
county by the commissioners OF election
to-day shows that 4. J. Sykes. the anti
Mahone candidate, received over 600
votes IN the county on Tuesday.
Four thousand bales Of cotton We're
sold in thus market yesterday, aud the
market was unusually active.
rhc schooner J. II. Elpp. wrecked in
Back river, has been towed up to tue
city.
The delegates from this section to the
Baptist General ASSOCIATION LETT for
Lynchburg last night and this morning
\ large number of the officers OF the
United States training fleet here are he
ing detached and others are reporting.
The wrecks bv the late storm on Viz
GINA Beach not worth saving are being
sold at auction by the Government COM
missioner. There were seventeen YES
sells stranded on the bay-shore and Sod
shore.
The ministers Of this city will extend
a formal welcome to DIR. FOy. OF It.
Louis. who will be here on Sunday as
pastor of the Church of the Disciples.
Rev. Dr. Tudor Will deliver the address
of welcome.
The official vote in Princess Anne
county gives Leqgett )Democrao : ma
iority over Kilgroo (beform-Hepu0li-
can.
Henry L. Jones, who killed a man
named Saddler on the formers farm in
Isle OF Wight county, was arraisned for
trial in that county yesterday and the
case continued.
The jury for thc trial OF The Exchange
Bank officers will be here Tomorrow,
when the cases VIII be called aud post
poned to Monday. 1t is expected That a
speedy trial viii be had, as counsel for
both sides are ready to proceed. q.